Depression

What is depression? What are the symptoms of depression? What are the depression treatment and medication?

If you have similar questions in your mind, then you have reached at the right place. This site provides information on what depression is, what are its causes and how anyone can detect that you are in depression? Once detected, you can treat it and see what are the depression treatment and medications available?

The very first step in fighting with depression is to understand what depression is, how it affects your body and mind, and what are the causes of depression.

What is depression?

Depression is the act of depressing and the condition of being depressed. Depression is characterized by lack of activity, self-worth, and dejection, sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy.

When people are in depression then their view of life becomes negative. They often face hopelessness, passivity, indecisiveness, suicidal intentions, loss of appetite, weight loss, and sleep disturbances.
For understanding it in detail, go through the following steps.

For understanding it in detail, go through the following steps. What is depression?

What are the signs and symptoms of depressions?

Following are the major signs and symptoms of depressions:

Low mood

Losing the temperature than usual

Loss of interest in activities that they enjoy

Loss of self confidence

Lack of energy

Poor concentration

Difficult to take decision

Trouble in sleeping

Lack of sex drive

A restless feeling

Guilty feeling

Thinking about suicide

Read detailed articles on depression symptoms at symptoms of depression

What are the causes of depression?

Following are the most common causes of depression:

Dangerous or unsafe environment in family.

Being neglected from closed one in early life.

Traumatic experiences late in life.

One important cause is that loss of job.

Death of loved one.

Because of financial problem extreme stress.

Poor self-confidence

Side effects of some other medicine lead to depression.

Frequently feeling physical illness.

Feeling homesickness.

Hormonal changes always affect on mood lead to depression.

Frequently taking drug or alcohol.

Get details of these depression causes at causes of depression

Can depression be treated?

The straight answer is "yes". Depression is highly treatable. First the causes of depression is found out and then with
the help of some antidepressants and non medical therapies
it is treated. See depression treatments for more
details on available treatments.